Who funds metamaterials research?

We count 48 funded metamaterials projects, active between 2021 and 2031, from 3 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (20 projects), EU · ERC (15 projects) and NSF · ENG (4 projects). The median award is $1.1M, across the 46 of 48 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

48

Funders

3

Median award

$1.1M

Open calls now

1

Top funders of metamaterials research

Projects whose title or summary mentions metamaterials. Median award: of the projects that list an amount, in US dollars; “—” when fewer than 3 do.

Open metamaterials funding calls

1 open call mentions metamaterials today.

• Photonic Metamaterials and Plasmonics
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·

Funded metamaterials projects

A sample, latest start first, at most three per program.

• CAREER: Adaptive Modular Circuit Metamaterials (AMCMs) for Scalable and Secured Computation System Designs
  NSF · ENG · $565,091 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Tailoring Light-Matter Interactions in Perovskite-Based Molecular Metamaterials for Quantum-Informed Photonic Technologies.
  NSF · MPS · $672,514 · ends 2031
• 3D nanoscale metamaterials for the Versatile Engineering of Resilient Sustainable Environments (3D-META-VERSE)
  UKRI · EPSRC · £1,979,615 · ends 2031
• Mechanoelectric Metamaterials for High-Sensitivity, Broad-Range Flexible Sensors
  NSF · ENG · $506,821 · ends 2029
• Understanding Fluid-Metamaterial Interactions through Dynamical Systems Analysis
  NSF · ENG · $369,997 · ends 2029
• Reconstructable Nano-Opto-Mechanical Metamaterials (ReNOMM)
  UKRI · EPSRC · £1,954,858 · ends 2029
• Dual-Mode Control of Magnonic Metamaterials for Neuromorphic Computing
  NSF · MPS · $652,429 · ends 2029
• Neural-driven, active, and reconfigurable mechanical metamaterials (NARMM)
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £1,211,729 · ends 2028
• Harnessing snap-through transition waves in multistable metamaterials for fluid-transport applications
  EU · MSCA · ends 2027
• Engineering Nanorod–Wax Metamaterials to Enable Scalable, Microfluidics-Free Molecular Diagnostics
  UKRI · Innovate UK · £99,940 · ends 2027

How we count

Funded projects come from public award records (NIH RePORTER, NSF, EU CORDIS, UKRI Gateway to Research, Wellcome, the Gates Foundation, DOE, NASA and USDA NIFA) whose title or summary matches “metamaterial or metamaterials”. NIH lists each budget year separately; one project counts once. Amounts are as the funder lists them; medians use only projects that list one, in US dollars. Open calls and forecasts are from our listings of October 28, 2026. A project can mention a topic without being mainly about it, so treat the counts as a guide to who funds the area.